A study has revealed that robots can serve not merely as toys but as excellent teachers for children with autism spectrum ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — When you think about robots, you may imagine scenes from a dystopian movie. But, one associate professor believes teaching robots about humans is actually beneficial. Associate ...

Aniket Bera’s lab works with applications that include virtual therapy, autonomous vehicles and rescue bots like this robot dog, marrying the hardware of robots with the software of artificial ...

AURORA — A small robot rolled across the floor in the basement of the Edgerton Explorit Center and stopped when it "saw" a shoe in front of it. Another robot made from Legos rolled forward exactly one ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio – When it comes to navigating their surroundings, machines have a natural disadvantage compared to humans. To help hone the visual perception abilities they need to understand the world ...

Our students are growing into a world where they will find themselves sharing their space, work, and lives with more and more robots. More than a year ago I read an article about McDonald’s using ...

Just like bees, the individual robots in this simulation have no master plan. Simply by responding to local cues, they are able to construct honeycomb-like structures. The method could presage a new ...

Newly developed mathematical rules allow virtual swarms of tiny robots to build without blueprints. In computer simulations, the robots built honeycomb-like structures without ever following - or even ...